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Last night and today started a new cold snap for us. It's not freezing, but it went down into the High 40's last night. I've been cold all morning. I just took my temperature and it was LOW. Like 96.4. It hasn't done that in a while.

Anyone got any food ideas to help a sluggish thyroid. Yeah, I know soups will help, but something to target the thyroid especially. I can't remember what foods would be good for that.

I know that Dr. D specifically says that he doesn't recommend supplementing with iodine, but it really helps me. I'm not happy unless the temp is at least in the 80s; I'm always freezing, but the iodine has helped a lot. I still get cold, but it's more of a "normal" cold, not a painful cold.

Posted by: JJR, Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 7:23pm; Reply: 2

I'd rather start with some food. But I do have some iodine.

Posted by: Lin, Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 10:21pm; Reply: 3

You can buy sea sealt with sea veg that helps thyroid. Just bought some recently and I think it has helped me. Also it is recommended you cook the goitrogen foods (broccoli etc.).

I'm always freezing, but the iodine has helped a lot. I still get cold, but it's more of a "normal" cold, not a painful cold.

That may explain why I am not so cold anymore - been taking iodine.. Both of the women I work with complain of the cold at times when I feel as warm as...& they are the ones who are perimenopausal (not me)Great list Lin!! Thanks!!

Posted by: JJR, Saturday, September 17, 2011, 4:30pm; Reply: 14

Yeah, I have iodine, but my muscle testing is telling me know. I think in the past it has done the opposite for me and ramped me up too much. I think you have to be careful with iodine.

Posted by: Possum, Monday, September 19, 2011, 8:48am; Reply: 15

Isn't painting some iodine on the inside of your arm or thigh, to see how long it lasts, the best way to check if your iodine levels are low? :-/

I seem to recall reading somewhere that it is better to get iodine from foods than take iodine as supplement. But that might just be one opinion.

One of the forum members shared a muscle testing technique with me a while ago:Muscle testing by the "body swaying" method is the first and easiest way to teach people to muscle test. Muscle testing is totally all about energy. You need to have conviction in your bodies innate wisdom to give you yes or no answers. When you go to test something... be peaceful and see how it feels. I still use the body swaying method sometimes when I'm checking myself for supplements. Something I just "know" before testing what I need without testing now. But that has taken a lifetime to get the feel of.Center yourself. Stand with both feet firmly planted on the floor. Take a couple deep breaths. Pick up the supplement and hold it to your sternum/upper chest. As soon as you do this you should feel an instant pull forward or backward. If you don't your body does not need it.Sadly there really are no books I would recommend on muscle testing as it comes down to just getting a "feel" for it. You just need to also start believing that you can do it.I hope this helps

One of these difficulties is that most people don't know how to do this, so with anything new, it is important to not rely on the results until you know they are reasonably accurate. You need to practice, but you also need to test yourself to know you are getting accurate responses before you utilize them for critical decisions.

Another caution: you need to be balanced within certain parameters to be effective. The articles mention hydration, but needing rest, having incorrect spinal alignment, or having major nerve pain can also be detrimental to accuracy.

Muscle testing works best with Yes/No questions. Most people can only as this type versus contrast or multiple choice... Most of the time, multiple choice type inquiries need to be broken down to Yes/No... Wording the questions to be very specific is important as well.

My favorite method is to use two fingers on the same (usually the right for me) hand - the index(pointer) finger and the longer finger next to it. I curve the long finger and place the tip on the nail of the index finger and ask the question. Apply a bit of pressure to the long finger which the index finger will(Yes) or not(No) be able hold. In other words, if the index finger remains straight the answer is Yes, if the index finger bends, the answer is No.

The same hand test is not as accurate as a two handed test, as the muscle group being used is much smaller, but it is much more convenient - as long as it is providing accurate responses.

My favorite two-handed test is to make a ring using the thumb and pinkie finger of the left hand, and use the index finger of the right hand. If the response is a yes, the ring will remain intact. If the answer is No, the ring breaks. Again, the force applied by the index finger does not have to be great.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that it is better to get iodine from foods than take iodine as supplement. But that might just be one opinion.

One of the forum members shared a muscle testing technique with me a while ago:Muscle testing by the "body swaying" method is the first and easiest way to teach people to muscle test. Muscle testing is totally all about energy. You need to have conviction in your bodies innate wisdom to give you yes or no answers. When you go to test something... be peaceful and see how it feels. I still use the body swaying method sometimes when I'm checking myself for supplements. Something I just "know" before testing what I need without testing now. But that has taken a lifetime to get the feel of.Center yourself. Stand with both feet firmly planted on the floor. Take a couple deep breaths. Pick up the supplement and hold it to your sternum/upper chest. As soon as you do this you should feel an instant pull forward or backward. If you don't your body does not need it.Sadly there really are no books I would recommend on muscle testing as it comes down to just getting a "feel" for it. You just need to also start believing that you can do it.I hope this helps

This is what I do. I also face North. But yeah, I'm trying to get to the point that I can just feel it when I'm thinking about it. Heck, even my grandma was telling me the other day, and she's not into any of this stuff. She just got out of the hospital and has been recovering and her system is a little more sensitive. She said she was just picturing in her mind a food and she knew if she wanted it or not. Because she was getting sick in the mornings with certain foods. Along with all the medicines they have her on. But she seemed to know intuitively what her body was craving. I was pretty much like, cool. I think her body was in super healing mode and letting her know in a larger degree what she needs. Because she is not one to worry about what kind of food she eats.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that it is better to get iodine from foods than take iodine as supplement. But that might just be one opinion.

I believe this is probably true for most people. However, at least two reasons to use iodine patches are:Since most of the foods high in iodine are seafood, therefore also having a high sea salt content, the chloride in the salt can work to displace iodine in the body. If there is a history of excessive salt intake, the added salt may cause a much longer recovery period.If the iodine deficiency is large, obtaining adequate iodine to show noticeable improvement may take much longer, whereas with the painted patch, it is easy to see if the patch has disappeared within a very short time period that you may need more immediately and even increase the size of the patches some to achieve more rapid gains.

Posted by: Lin, Monday, September 19, 2011, 11:03pm; Reply: 21

JJR, you have a cool Grandmother. Perhaps we should practice asking ourselves what our body needs. I did that today and really felt I need a little meat, and had some and feel warmer for eating it. I've been feeling cold last few days with change in weather.

ABJoe, that's interesting about high sea salt content, the chloride in the salt can work to displace iodine in the body. I didn't know that.Do you think kelp and dulse would have a lot of sea salt in it?

ABJoe, that's interesting about high sea salt content, the chloride in the salt can work to displace iodine in the body. I didn't know that.Do you think kelp and dulse would have a lot of sea salt in it?

Iodine and Chlorine are halogen elements, along with Bromine and Flourine, with iodine being the lowest order. All of the higher order halogen elements will displace the lower if there is an excess... If you drink chloridated or flouridated water, or have any source of bromine intake, you run the risk of displacing the iodine... Since the body needs so little of these higher order elements, it is very easy to displace needed iodine.

The sea vegetables are generally very good as they have a more complete mineral mix. I was talking about them having a high salt content compared to other vegetables. I don't want to dissuade anyone from eating sea vegetables, but understand that the salt can cause iodine deficiency to reduce slower than they may think it should...

Iodine and Chlorine are halogen elements, along with Bromine and Flourine, with iodine being the lowest order. All of the higher order halogen elements will displace the lower if there is an excess... If you drink chloridated or flouridated water, or have any source of bromine intake, you run the risk of displacing the iodine... Since the body needs so little of these higher order elements, it is very easy to displace needed iodine.

The sea vegetables are generally very good as they have a more complete mineral mix. I was talking about them having a high salt content compared to other vegetables. I don't want to dissuade anyone from eating sea vegetables, but understand that the salt can cause iodine deficiency to reduce slower than they may think it should...

This is very educational, thanks for explaining. many thanks, Lin

Posted by: SandrAruba, Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 7:30pm; Reply: 24

I copied the list and printed it out. Will hang it on my refrigirator with my swami list.

I still have this very faint hope that the other half of my thyroid is still working, allbeit just a little bit, and I can maybe help it recuperate. Doktor told me, when he took out one half, that the other half was infected, meaning I probably had an autoimmune disease and that the other half would be gone in a few years. I started btd almost immediately after my surgery, so I am hoping I stopped the infection.

No idea if it did, but it can never hurt, can it?

Posted by: JJR, Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 10:54pm; Reply: 25

Wow. I can't imagine not having it. Of course I still have all of my stuff. Except I was born without my Left Major Pectoral muscle.

Do you get cold easy also? Is your heart rate slow or fast? They say the thyroid does so much. My Wife's grandmother had Hyper Thyroid and they did the ole radiation to it. It killed it and she slowed down big time after that and gained a lot of weight. Otherwise she was thin before all that. But she was getting arrhythmia's when she was hyperthyroid. I wonder if just some good supplementation wouldn't have helped.

Wow. I can't imagine not having it. Of course I still have all of my stuff. Except I was born without my Left Major Pectoral muscle.

Do you get cold easy also? Is your heart rate slow or fast? They say the thyroid does so much. My Wife's grandmother had Hyper Thyroid and they did the ole radiation to it. It killed it and she slowed down big time after that and gained a lot of weight. Otherwise she was thin before all that. But she was getting arrhythmia's when she was hyperthyroid. I wonder if just some good supplementation wouldn't have helped.

I get cold real easy. That's why I am glad I am back in the tropics and no longer in Holland. Way too cold there. I feel much better here in the warmth. Although come December I will probably be on my porch with a sweater on because I'm too cold (at 27 degrees Celcius). My heart beat is rather fast. And yes the thyroid does a lot. If not working correctly it can cause depression (been there, done that).

I for one hardly eat any salt, just every now and then. I do take iodine drops every other day. I notice I feel better when I do. But I do feel tired rather quickly. And that just doesn't seem to go away. I'm hoping it will get better when I loose a bit more weight.

The other day I went to my house doctor and said to him that it's a struggle for me every day, being tired a lot and so on... he just smiled at me as if he understood. He doesn't and the medical world can do nothing for me. I thank being alive today to this way of life. If I hadn't found it I would have been 300 pounds or more by now, deeply depressed and taking one drug after the other prescribed by doctors, making me only sicker.. or worse I would have been dead. With this way of life I will overcome this and I will get my total health back. It's not going to happen overnight, I am totally aware of that, just as long as I believe in myself and this diet, I will make it happen!

Thank you, Dr. D, you have no idea what an impact you had/have on my life.

I get cold real easy. That's why I am glad I am back in the tropics and no longer in Holland. Way too cold there. I feel much better here in the warmth. Although come December I will probably be on my porch with a sweater on because I'm too cold (at 27 degrees Celcius). My heart beat is rather fast. And yes the thyroid does a lot. If not working correctly it can cause depression (been there, done that).

I for one hardly eat any salt, just every now and then. I do take iodine drops every other day. I notice I feel better when I do. But I do feel tired rather quickly. And that just doesn't seem to go away. I'm hoping it will get better when I loose a bit more weight.

The other day I went to my house doctor and said to him that it's a struggle for me every day, being tired a lot and so on... he just smiled at me as if he understood. He doesn't and the medical world can do nothing for me. I thank being alive today to this way of life. If I hadn't found it I would have been 300 pounds or more by now, deeply depressed and taking one drug after the other prescribed by doctors, making me only sicker.. or worse I would have been dead. With this way of life I will overcome this and I will get my total health back. It's not going to happen overnight, I am totally aware of that, just as long as I believe in myself and this diet, I will make it happen!

Thank you, Dr. D, you have no idea what an impact you had/have on my life.

Glad you're not dead!! Great testimonial!! Even if you consider it hijacking??!! ;)

Doktor told me, when he took out one half, that the other half was infected,

In the 50's Iodine solution was a first treatment for abrasions for its characteristics is as an antibiotic. The thyroid stores Iodine and can not function well without it. Total body Iodine levels can be diminished if as was previously mentioned the body has a greater concentration of: Chlorine/Chloride, Florine/Floride, or Bromine/Bromide in the tissues. If Iodine/Iodide is deficient, it is a lengthy process to displace the other Halogens. There are lab tests that can measure the amount of Halogen displacement that is occurring when Iodine is increased in the diet.

I apologize that I never said, "Don't worry about it". About the hijacking. I like hearing people's feelings and stories. It always helps me.

I came back in the check this thread again because I'm struggling again with low temp today.

I probably need some eggs. I haven't had them in a while.

Posted by: angel, Saturday, October 22, 2011, 10:11pm; Reply: 34

I know about applied Kinesiology, I have another book but it is packed right now can't give you the author. But I have used the techinique to verify somethings, never worried about facing north.

It is different and it works AS LONG AS you have an open mind and are receptive, if not it does not.

Posted by: 14442 (Guest), Sunday, October 23, 2011, 4:41pm; Reply: 35

I've read a sluggish thyroid is a sign of needing to reset leptin. It's an Internet theory for sure...... You might try eating fewer carbs some days and more others, maybe plan one day a week where you eat much more carb than you normally do, that is what I'm doing. Last night was my big carb meal, I woke up totally refreshed earlier than normal this morning. As for the temp thing I am going to pick up a thermometer. My hair was falling out a lot years ago when I was in my chronic undereating phase & that has really turned around.

There is a whole thread about resetting leptin on Mark's Daily Apple....

I am not actually doing the reset myself, just eating more one-two days a week.

Posted by: JJR, Sunday, October 23, 2011, 8:38pm; Reply: 36

That's an interesting theory. I've been craving carbs lately. I have some Basmati rice soaking right now for tonight!!

Posted by: italybound, Monday, October 24, 2011, 3:28am; Reply: 37

Quoted from 14442

Last night was my big carb meal, I woke up totally refreshed earlier than normal this morning.

this would be the total opposite for me. :-/ I remember years ago, before BTD, a friend and I went on a diet. We were allowed one day a month to pig out on starchy carbs. Ugggggh for the next day. That being said, you didn't specify if your carbs were the good or bad kind. would you mind sharing that? if mine had been the good kind, back in the day, there would have prob been a different outcome. ;-) thanks for the links :-)

Posted by: Curious, Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 8:15am; Reply: 38

I have been taking 1 tablet of bio-identical T3 for the last 3 weeks. I have one more week to go then I can stop it. The thing I felt most was that I felt warm from the inside. My morning temperature used to be about 35.3 to 35.8 Celsius, now it is around 36.2-36.4 Celsius.